Southern Birifor is a

Gur language The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Ivor ...

of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by about 200,000 people, mainly in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

, particularly in Upper West and Northern regions, with perhaps ten thousand in Zanzan district of

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Orthography

It is written in this alphabet: Long vowels are written double.

References

{{reflist Oti–Volta languages Gur languages Languages of Ghana Languages of Ivory Coast